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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/SpongeJake on 2025-06-30 18:33:14+00:00.

This happened sometime late in 2024.

My kitty doesn’t like it when I’m in meetings. He figures I’m sitting down so I’m not doing anything therefore it’s time to play.

So whenever the earbuds go in and there’s a face on the monitor that’s his cue to start yowling at me and attacking my feet. (Claws are always sheathed)

Here’s the thing though: when I indulge him and start playing we follow a rule: if he successfully attacks me I have to howl - just to show him he’s the victor and that his hunting skills are top notch.

Got the idea from watching a lioness fake a death roar when her cub “attacked and killed her” while in stealth mode. So I started doing the same.

So one day we were all in a meeting. The host was droning on and on about something - I have no idea what it was. But I wasn’t due to speak and the topic looked like it was going to take a while. The little furry brute began to yowl so I thought it was probably a good time to rough house with him - get all that play energy out of his system.

So I chased him out of the room and then stared at him till he decided to chase me back. I ran back to the living room and he leapt at my leg, grabbing it with both paws and giving a small love bite.

I did my thing and howled in “pain.”

The Teams droning stopped. Someone giggled. I think I muttered something about “kitty attacked me” or something. Totally forgot to go on mute before the playing started.

(Since I don’t have a video of this kind of play I’ll instead provide a link in the comments to a video of the little guy and I bonding. )

TL;dr: Forgot to mute my mic when playing with the cat. Hijinks ensue